The Cuban reggaeton duo Charly and Johayron were attacked by several people in Las Tunas on Friday evening after the popular group was unable to perform in that city. One of the singers, Johayron Amores, was injured in his left eye.
Pictures and videos of the events were shared on the group’s Instagram profile. One of the photos showed Amores receiving medical attention. In another video, several men could be seen throwing stones at the bus that the artists and their work equipment would be traveling to. The result, which can also be seen in the images, was the breakage of part of the glass of the bus, in addition to the injuries suffered by several of them Members of the group.
The group’s release detailed the background to the events: “Why give explanations for something that makes no sense! We will make a lot of mistakes, but we would never hurt anyone.” As of 10:00 p.m. we were in Las Tunas, we assembled all our equipment properly. The person who collected the tickets and organized the entire concert here ran away and never showed up. Our representatives told us to wait a little longer or even the option to cancel the concert. We, Charly and Johayron, in front of our representatives, decided to go to the concert because the people who were there were not to blame and we didn’t want to make any mistakes.”
Charly and Johayron are a Cuban reggaeton duo who have achieved notable success in the island’s urban music scene in recent years. Their music is based on the cast subgenre and in their lyrics they reveal love situations that have permeated Cuban youth. His songs such as “Montaña rollera”, “My favorite place”, “My liar”, “Fuminate”, “Imperfecta” and “Cupido” were recently at the top of all the island’s musical popularity charts.
“When we arrived at the event they had thrown over the audio system with bottles and rocks,” the post continues, “and in the first video (from the release itself) you can see us trying to make the statement, But they never allowed it.” Someone who attended the event said the following words to the public: “If you don’t like the explanation, make it up.” They threw a bottle at us and security escorted us out Local. And that’s where the whole catastrophe began, in which no one was supposed to be involved. “They destroyed our bus with all of us inside, they broke several instruments and injured the eyes of part of the team of musicians, including Johayron.”
Because of the violent attacks they suffered, the artists remembered that their work team included women, fathers and mothers.
“We try to bring joy, dance and happiness. What we least expect is to be treated like this.” “Criticize our music or our way of being but never hurt us, we don’t deserve it, we are all boys who want to grow and help our families,” both artists concluded in the release.
No official media outlet has released information about what happened to Charly and Johayron in Las Tunas last night. CUBA DIARY He called the Las Tunas Provincial Music Center, an institution usually associated with organizing concerts, but no one answered the phone. Neither in the provincial government nor in the Interior Ministry delegation of Las Tunas did anyone answer our calls.
At the end of January 2023, during the Presentation of the reggaeton singer Exen La Tiza, An uncontrolled crowd of children and young people in front of the Huambo Cultural Center in Guantanamo resulted in broken glass.a layoff, a contract termination for a private company and some alleged minor injuries that were not confirmed by official information.